Grain-weighing apparatus



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No. 405,462.. Patented June 18, 1889 N. PETERS, Pmwuma n nur,Wanhinglnn, 0. c,

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No. 405,462. Patented June 18, 1889.

w m I Mk UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES E. BUSENBARRIOK, OF ROBINSON, KANSAS.

GRAIN-WEIGHING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,462, dated June 18,1889.

Application filed February 1889. Serial No. 299,285. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES E. BUSENBAR- RICK, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at Robinson, in the county of Brown andState of Kansas, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements inGrain-Measuring Devices, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention is directed to certain improvement-s in automatic rotarygrain-measurers; and it consists of arotary compartment receptaclepreferably cylindric in its general outline, and having its axis hung inthe short arms of a lever or pivoted bail carrying a weight orcounterpoise upon a graduated extension or scale-beam, said cylinder orreceptacle having applied to it opposite each compartment a projectionpreferably provided with a frictional roll or wheel which strikesagainst a stop applied to one side of the lever or bail support, aspring stop or snap also being employed to arrest the backward move mentor reaction of the cylinder or receptacle, as will be more fullyunderstood from the following description and accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my improved automatic rotarygrain-measurer. Fi 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectionalelevation of the measurer. Fig. 41 is a detailed View disclosing moreparticularly the spring stop or snap.

In the organization of my invention I employ a rotary receptacle orcylinder A, preferably having cylindric sides or heads and di vided upinto a number of radial compartments or chambers a a, to receive andhold the grain or other substance to be measured. The receptacle orcylinder A has projecting from its sides or heads the ends of a centralaxis in the form of. gudgeons a a.

B is a skeleton form of inclosure or casing having its vertical sidessuitably connected together at the lower portions by boards I) 1),arranged to incline downwardly and inwardly, but spaced apart a shortdistance to provide an opening or exit 12 through which the contentsfrom the rotary receptacle or cylinder, when dumped or tilted, may bedischarged below. In the sides or boards 1) Bare circular openings Z) Z)for the passage therethrough of the gu dgeons a a of the rotary cylinderor receptacle A.

G is a bail-shaped lever fulcruined upon studs or pivots c c, projectingfrom the sides of the casing B intermediately. of the openings b b andthe front edges of said boards or sides. The extreme inner ends of theshort arms of the lever 0 receive and support the gudgeons a a of therotary receptacle or cylinder B. The bail-lever C has projecting orextending centrally from its forward or connecting bar a graduated armor extension 0, which serves as a scale-beam, the same carrying anadjustable weight or counterpoise 0 To one side of the casing B, uponthe inner surface, is applied a spring-encircled stop D of a proximatebolt-shape form, which stands in the path of rotation of a series ofprojections (1 (I applied to one side or head of the cylinder orreceptacle A, and preferably provided with frictional rolls or wheels.These projections are arranged one opposite each compartment of thecylinder or receptacle A about at its middle. Standing a short distanceaway from the stop D, and applied to that side of the casing orinclosure B, is a curved stop or piece 6.

Overhanging the cylinder or receptacle A is secured to a projection orbracket of one side of the casing B a proximately hookshaped spring stopor snap f, its outer free end being adapted to snap by or spring downupon the rear side, or at that side thereof opposite to the plane ofrotation of the cylinder or receptacle, and thus prevent, after thedumping of a compartment or chamber of the cylinder or receptacle, areactory movement of the cylinder or receptacle.

It will be observed, with the counterpoise or weight C properly adjustedupon the scalebeam or extension 0 of the bail-shaped lever C, and aftertheplacing of the required quantity of grain, or whatever else it isdesired to weigh in the uppermost compartment of the cylinder orreceptacle A, that the scale-beam with its counterpoise will rise, andthe cylinder will consequently fali, carrying the projection (if out ofcontact with the stop D, permitting the cylinder to rotate to dump ordischarge its contained grain or contents. The stop D, under the actionof its spring, will, after the passage of the projection d, beautomatieally returned to its original position. Further movement atthis time of the cylinder or receptacle A will be prevented, the next orpreceding compartment thereof having been brought into position to befilled and the weighted scale-beam of the ba'ilshaped lever supportingthe cylinder or receptacle having returned to its original position. Thecylinder is now ready to receive, Weigh, and discharge another quantityof grain, said op eration being repeated successively until the requiredquantity or all of the material has been weighed or disposed of.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The grain or other measnrer having the rota-ry compartment cylinderorreceptacle hung or journaled upon a bail-shaped lever having a Weightedgraduated arm or extension, a spring-encircled stop disposed in the pathof rotation of a series of projections upon the rotary cylinder orreceptacle, and the spring stop or snap preventing any reactory movement of said cylinder or receptacle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses 4JAMES E. BUSENBARRICK.

itnesses:

E. E. Room), B. PARKER.

